Shakhtar 0-3 Man City: Two Silvas on target to condemn Ukranian side to defeat

Manchester City made it two wins on the trot in the Champions League with a dominant display against Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine.

Match Events

9' OFF THE BAR! Man City almost take the lead

De Bruyne lines up City's first corner kick of the match. He plays it short to Sterling who was unable to pass it to Silva before a defender cleared it behind for another corner.

30'GOAL! Shakhtar Donetsk 0-1 Man City (David Silva)

A period of loose play leads to Mendy getting the ball on the right wing, before whipping the ball into Jesus whose shot was deflected up into the air! It then fell perfectly to Silva on the run and he finished deftly, keeping his shot on the floor and passing it into the back of the net! 

35'GOAL! Shakhtar Donetsk 0-2 Man City (Laporte)

City double their lead! Laporte jumped above his marker and headed home De Bruyne's cross into the top right corner of the goal! There's no way Pyatov could have stopped that one!

52' SAVE! Fine stop from Ederson

Ismaily getting more involved now as he takes aim from the left side of the box, but his effort was saved by Ederson!

70'GOAL! Shakhtar Donetsk 0-3 Man City (Bernardo Silva)

Mahrez carried the ball up the pitch, dragged defenders away from the centre of the pitch. The Brazilian then played in Bernardo Silva who dribbled to the edge of the box and shot for the far left corner, just hitting the post en route to the back of the net!

Match Report

David Silva, who hit the winner against Hoffenheim three weeks ago, broke the deadlock on 30 minutes and was quickly joined on the scoresheet by Aymeric Laporte.

Bernardo Silva added gloss just over a minute after stepping off the bench in the second half as Pep Guardiola's side, who welcomed Kevin De Bruyne into the starting XI for the first time this term, moved top of Group F after Lyon's 3-3 draw with Hoffenheim.

City's finishing initially lacked the conviction to match their dominance as Gabriel Jesus and Riyad Mahrez passed up fine opportunities to open the scoring.

David Silva next saw a cute close-range attempt come back off the post but the midfielder did not have to wait long for his goal, volleying in after Jesus' deflected shot looped up kindly.

Shakhtar's defensive disorganisation was punished a second time five minutes later with an unmarked Laporte gleefully heading home De Bruyne's corner.

Ismaily's desperate sliding intervention denied David Silva a second soon after the restart before the Brazilian left-back drew a rare save from Ederson at the other end.

But any remote threat of a comeback was extinguished when Mahrez teed up Bernardo Silva for a measured bottom-corner finish 20 minutes from time, while the crossbar kept Raheem Sterling from adding further damage in the dying moments.

Line-ups

Shakhtar Donetsk XI: A. Pyatov, Moraes, T. Stepanenko, S. Krivtsov, Y. Rakitskiy, Ismaily, Wellington Nem, V. Kovalenko, M. Matviyenko, Maycon, Fernando

Subs: Dentinho, Alan Patrick, Kayode, B. Butko, D. Khotcholava, Oleksiy Shevchenko, Sergiy Bolbat

Man City XI: David Silva, Fernandinho, N. Otamendi, K. De Bruyne, Mahrez, R. Sterling, B. Mendy, A.Laporte, J. Stones, Ederson Moraes, Gabriel Jesus

Subs: V. Kompany, S. Agüero, K. Walker, Sané, Bernardo Silva, Foden, A. Muric